MAINE SUNDAY TELEGRAM • December 15, 2024
The town of Falmouth Conservation Commission has put forward an ordinance that will ban commercial applicators of fertilizers from using nonorganic products on residential lots but not on town-owned areas. It is unfair to create a dual structure of who can and who can’t apply their preferred type of fertilizer. A poll that showed 57.5% of residents oppose this restrictive ordinance. This ordinance takes away consumers’ right to choose. It comes from ideology and is not based on science or data. ~ Matthew R. Tabenken, Falmouth